I have been turned down for my application for the FLR

[blackcat22]

yup, totally agree with joebloggs observation.

you upset them by not honouring your original commitment to return to phils when your visit visa expired, that is why your settlement visa was refused.

They think you tricked them with the visit visa when all along your intention was not to return back.

That is why before they give any new applicants visit visa they want to see cast iron strong evidence that they will return back to phils before visit visa expired.

So many people are using this method of visit visa first as springboard to come here and then pursue a settlement VISA here. They are trying to clamp down on this practice.

now I think you have 2 options

1) voluntarily go back and pursue settlement visa from phils (you have good chance of success since you have child with your partner and they won't think you're fake couple)

2) stay in UK and keep fighting and make many appeals eventually they will give in and give you if you're lucky (I know few people appeal like this and they evntually got what they want and immigration back down)


The only fallout from this is, it will make immigration make even tougher conditions on propective people making application for visit VISA in the future

[blackrainm]

actually your wrong and right.this happened to my wife shes aussie and was here in 2000 and they turned her down for FLR after her being on a visit visa..so we appealed as we had a child.they appealed us and we lost due to red tape.it took them from 2000 till 2011 to grant her FLR because if you have children they cant throw you out the country. If its impossible to go back to your own country and get a visa.ie if you dont meet immigration rules.its a law under article 8 that means you cannot be seperated from your husband or child.if they deport you you can appeal and a judge will always overturn the home office its law.if though you can easily go back to the filios and get visa entry then do it and come back.you dont want the anguish we had.we didnt have any money or anything and if split up we would never have seen each other again.the rules are very tough now.if you come here on visit visa u cannot get married and stay here.you must apply from ure own country.in 2000 the rules had just been changed that visitors cant stay here on visit visa and get married when we put in for it so they gave us the benefit of the doubt after 9 years!!! just remember if you have money and satisfy the rules,go back and do it quickly.if you dont satisfy the rules then claim human rights article 8.the right for a private and family life.they cannot deport you. my email is here:i wish you luck.

[jacqueM]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your replys, we now have good news, after my hubbie got a Immigration lawyer we apply for discretionary leave to remain under human rights for a family to be together and for a child not to be seperated from either parent, i have been given a 3 year visa called limited leave to remain and after the 2nd year can apply for ILR, we are over the moon with the decision ( my hubbys saying hehehehe ) we never set out to do anything wrong, surely more strange when people decided to get married after 2 weeks of visit to Phil??? rather than come to the UK for 6 months on visit visa to get to know each other better 1st, our situation changed when i became pregenant...... please use REMOVED NO ADVERTISING WITHOUT PERMISSION, these are the people that helped us, after phone conversations with us they told us we had a good chance of winning our appeal, if we did not have a good case they would not of taken our case, good luck to anyone else out there going through what we went through thanks again to Branno,Exadore 1 and Blackrainm for your positive comments, it is quite easy to make comments when you are an expert in immigration law as some of the other posters are......